Intellecutal Property Rights and Cannibalization in Information Technology Outsourcing Contracts
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Let [(R ec , R uc), (R ev , R uv)] represent an ownership structure where R ec represents the client's excludability rights, R uc represents the client's usability rights, R ev represents the vendor's excludability rights, and R uv represents the vendor's usability rights. Because of the diagonal symmetry only the bottom left diagonal will be discussed in detail.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- MIS Quarterly
دوره 29 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005